Q: Overheated

asked by on August 23, 2017

Hi I have a 2006 Chrysler 300C 5.7 Hemi. Last night on my way home, my car began to overheat. When it started to get to an uncomfortable temperature I was about 5 mins from where I was going so i stuck it out till I got there. I parked and smoke was pouring out from under the hood. I open the hood and there's a white liquid that looked like it had exploded out of the coolant reservoir but the cap was still on. It reached 251 degrees before I shut the car off. Is this as simple as a leak or as troublesome as a blown head gasket.?? Would really like to know. I've only had this car for 9 days

My car has 175000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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